Career Cruising is the most extensive tool SHA students have access to in regards to searching for careers and tracking their progress in preparing for these careers through course selection. Every student in grades 7-12 has their own personalized account that they can access and utilize anywhere that they have internet access.

Additional Career Resources

John Holland’s theory states that there are six fundamental personalities which each person expresses: Realistic, Investigative, Artistic, Social, Enterprising, and Conventional. A description of each type of personality is listed and students can use this information to help them determine the fields that may fit them best.

This is an excellent resource to help students gain up to date, realistic insight into careers in our economy today. Students can search for any career and be provided with a wealth of information including growth rate, level of education required, and median salary.

Videos and links related to careers in STEM education are prevalent on this site. With STEM careers consisting of many of the top rated jobs in availability and salary, it is important that our students have a strong awareness of what these careers are and how to go about pursuing them.

A study was completed by Georgetown University that explores how there is increasing amount of good jobs to be found in the U.S. economy and how those with a college degree are in the best position to receive one of these jobs. The key findings are easily accessible from this link and provide substantial evidence to support the need for students to obtain post-secondary educational training.